Add us to your circles!Christian Marriage
For Christians, marriage is a reflection of the deepest unity: the unity of God and his church. In a Christian marriage, therefore, it is the unity of God’s kingdom, in Christ, and in the Holy Spirit that matters most. Ultimately, it is the only sure foundation on which a marriage can be built. “Seek first God’s kingdom and his justice, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matt. 6:33).
Ebooks on Christian Marriage
Sex, God, and Marriage
A refreshing new look at sex, love, and marriage that sees past the usual issues and gets to the root: our relationship with God, and the defining power of that bond over all other relationships.
Sex, God, and Marriage carries a Foreword by Mother Teresa and was formerly titled A Plea for Purity. Also available, a free study guide(English) to facilitate group discussion or personal study.
New! Sept 2011: This book will be posted chapter by chapter for discussion - jump in and let us know what you think!
Love Letters
They were passionately in love, yet they rejected romance as the basis of their relationship, building instead on the promise of Jesus' words, "Seek first the kingdom of God." Circumstance (and scandalised parents) kept them separated for most of the next three years. But that separation bore its own fruit: an intense exchange of letters.
Articles & Videos on the Christian Marriage
For Those Considering Marriage
How, then, should young people today handle the attractions that develop between them? What is the godly approach? And how can they best prepare themselves for the responsibilities of marriage?
Talk Marriage
On the 7th of February 2012, in Westminster, UK, Steve Clifford, Les Isaac, Harry Benson, John Fransham and Edmund Adamus will speak about rediscovering the foundation on which families and societies are built – a man and woman married for life. Learn more...
The Ring Makes the Difference Video
On Monday, September 26, 2011 Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, Pastor Johann Christoph Arnold, the Rev. Jesse Voyd Bottoms Jr., Elizabeth Marquardt and W. Bradford Wilcox participated in The Ring Makes the Difference, a panel discussion on family and marriage at the Bardavon Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY. They spoke about the belief that marriage between one man and one wife, for life, is the bedrock of intact families and ultimately the bedrock of stable society. How children long to love and be loved by the two people who brought them into this world. That stability, affection, and good discipline are more likely to be found in a married home and how men and women are more likely to turn to faith after they marry and then instill values in their children.
A Letter to President Obama
Johann Christoph Arnold wrote this letter (284 kb .pdf) to President Obama asking him to reconsider his directive to the justice department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act. Mr. Arnold is the author of Sex, God & Marriage, a free ebook posted a Chapter At A Time each week on this site.
Till Death Do Us Part
In an age when marriage is being redefined, if not despised or dispensed with altogether, it was a fitting ceremony. One man and one woman. Till death do us part, however long off that might still be. Blessed by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Marriage as God Wants It
Instead of congratulating ourselves on being open-minded and tolerant, we should start worrying about the confusion and emotional trauma we are bestowing on our children and youth.
There is Another Way
Without clear moral standards, our country will head to a complete collapse that will invite chaos and anarchy like never before. As Dostoyevsky says, “Without God, everything is permissible.” En Español
Not A Day to Be Proud Of
All people, including homosexuals, deserve compassion and love, but Jesus Christ was clear that marriage can only be the lifelong union of one man and one woman.
Learn to Love
It is quite natural that when a man loves a woman, he wants to know if she is the "right" one. There is only one answer to this question: both must feel that a marital relationship will lead them nearer to Jesus. Also in Spanish: Aprende a amar.
Sex and the Pursuit of Happiness
No matter how consensual and tender and “loving” sex may be, without commitment it is self-centered and self-destructive. The body may get some satisfaction, but not the soul. Pain and disappointment invariably result. And worst of all, reverence for the other disappears.
Finding That Special Someone
Being “hooked up” is not a harmless social custom. By its nature, pairing off is geared toward obtaining intimacy without sacrifice, relationship without commitment. It reduces the art, the struggle, and the discipline of knowing and caring for another person to a ritual performance of hooking up and breaking apart.
Thoughts on Christian Marriage
Even if our generation has suffered tremendous anguish over our parents’ marriages and our own, we must have hope and faith that wounds can be healed, sins forgiven, and God’s plan for marriage reclaimed—for the sake of ourselves and our children, and for the sake of the whole world. An excerpt on founding a Christian marriage from the book "A Little Child Shall Lead Them."
Christian Marriage: A Panel Discussion
A discussion about Christian marriage in the world today. Questions include:
- Why is it important that a marriage remain a commitment between one man and one woman?
- What does it mean to be faithful in the Church, as a family (husband and wife) and as single people?
- So often we see that children are not wanted in our society. What can we do as a church to make them welcome?
A Wedding on the Block
Never have so many couples lived together, not just before marrying, but without any intention of doing so. Never have promoters of so-called alternative lifestyles lobbied so hard to undermine traditional views of marriage. Add to that a host of economic and social forces driving couples apart, and one might be justified in asking: Why bother?
For about 150 people who gathered in New York City on August 23, it was all the more refreshing, then, to witness a wedding that reminded everyone present what Christian marriage is really about.
The Glue of Society
In the past, motherhood was regarded as the noblest calling of a woman. Today it is too often pushed aside by more "desirable" occupations such as careers, and seen as an inconvenience or even an embarrassment. The author speaks about motherhood within the context of a Christian marriage, and includes single mothers as well.
Re-Founding Fathers
To be a father is to fulfill a noble vocation. But fatherhood is not for everyone: it is not for cowards or for those who are unsure of themselves. Once we become fathers, we remain fathers until we die. A true father must be a leader – a captain who guides his family’s ship through perilous waters to safe shores, a general who rallies his troops to take on the daily battles.
The Power of Sex
It is important that you keep your body pure for your marriage partner. When the sexual veil is lifted, it is a holy moment. For every human being has a sexual mystery which only the married partner should know about. A marriage built on this foundation will have God’s blessing. A marriage built to satisfy our sexual urges will be devastating and will not last, and will end up in separation or divorce or both.